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Post by Bonobochick on Sept 27, 2012 10:19:08 GMT -5
LonePirate, I think you would also like it cause I know you watch the whole show. I listened to it live when it originally aired on Larry's radio show last week. I was dying with laughter in between nodding my head in agreement. This show does treat its fans worse than pretty much every other show on television, let alone among soaps. No amount of cast interaction with the public will compensate. The show has some wonderful dialogue writers and one of the best writers in all of daytime from the past decade or two in Lorraine Broderick. The show also has cast members of all age groups that are loved by fans and can connect with the audience. Despite that, the show really knows how to piss off its fans. I can certainly understand why Larry has quit watching the show. He simply couldn't take the sadistic treatment any more after the Will and Gabi sex. I think the show has been pretty damn good the past couple of weeks; but I know a lot of fans are not. I just wonder how many more times the show has to hear about people like Larry before the message is finally received loud and clear. They have a new one posted last night since the Larry Flick podcast from last Friday: daytimeconfidential.zap2it.com/2012/09/26/dc-691-one-time-at-band-camp. I agree about the dialogue for the show being a lot better thanks to Lorraine Broderick but as someone on DR aptly put it, the show like a well cooked meal of my least favorite foods. Great form, terrible content. I don't like the stories but the individuals scenes are better. It's a shame they can't get both parts right.
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Post by Bonobochick on Sept 26, 2012 21:33:18 GMT -5
It keeps saying the link is invalid wen you to go that link and click on the video? If you're not able to download on iTunes, you should post a comment on the site or tweet a comment to luke_kerr that you're unable to listen to it via the website. He'll get back to you about it. He's good at fixing the tech hiccups.It's working now on the website. It's worth a listen. LonePirate, I think you would also like it cause I know you watch the whole show.
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Post by Bonobochick on Sept 26, 2012 21:02:03 GMT -5
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Post by Bonobochick on Sept 26, 2012 20:08:12 GMT -5
The latest Daytime Confidential podcast - #691 - is really good. Start at 42 minute mark for the Days portion: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/daytime-confidential/id206320332 ;D 2 more days til the next ratings. What's the over/under on number of viewers who've fled the show? Cause I doubt the ratings will be high or higher than last weeks abysmal showing. I don't see how the show doesn't lose at least 100,000 viewers. It seems like a lot of people are hating the show right now. I actually enjoyed every single episode last week but my opinion is the extreme minority. I wonder if Friday will see an uptick in viewers over at least one or more days since it is usually the lowest watched day of the week. The kiss last Friday had a surprisingly amount of publicity for it. I am so glad the show is publicizing the Will/Sonny pairing (reminds me of the early days of Nuke getting press) but I hate that this story is coming on strong in a time when I think the rest of the show floundering so badly. Will/Sonny is the only shining light that I see right now as long as Tomsell keeping revisiting storylines that are running off viewers.
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Post by Bonobochick on Sept 26, 2012 19:08:42 GMT -5
I have a question, not really Will/Sonny related but whatever happened to Gabi and Chad sleeping together? They have never had sex with each other.
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Post by Bonobochick on Sept 26, 2012 16:36:48 GMT -5
Why are you using a rolling eyes emoticon regarding what I think? I'm entitled to my opinion on the show. no worries .... I was just kinda taken aback by ur comment that's all, I didn't really know what to make of it...no ill will intended, just kinda surprised at how angry you are. that's all and mockery is never something that I indulge in ever for any reason, never. I respect all opinions just sometimes I am surprised by the strong emotions that this show brings out of people. I've been watching Days for 25+ yrs. This is the worst I've ever seen it. I took it off my DVR and even the recaps I read make me roll my eyes. Will/Sonny is a diamond in a large, stinky sack of coal. It's uninteresting, agenda driven dross that isn't entertaining. Hasn't been for a few weeks and seems to sinking lower by the week judging it by the ratings. I'm sure when I get over the insulting writing that is like a pebble in my right eye currently, I'll just resign myself to apathetic disappointment but today I felt the need to vent finally.
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Post by Bonobochick on Sept 26, 2012 16:14:12 GMT -5
Why are you using a rolling eyes emoticon regarding what I think? I'm entitled to my opinion on the show. It's not your opinion was mocked nor disrespected.
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Post by Bonobochick on Sept 26, 2012 15:47:26 GMT -5
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Post by Bonobochick on Sept 26, 2012 15:33:57 GMT -5
I really hate this Rafe/Sami/EJ storyline for many reasons but the main one is that GT keeps EJ in it because without him, Sami/Rafe would have no storyline. All of their storylines are about EJ, whether it's him trying to break them up or them always talking about him. There's nothing else about their relationship but him as some catalyst to either get them together, break them up or cause them angst. Now, there's a supercouple in the making if I ever read one. Move over John & Marlena and Bo & Hope... there's a threat to your crown of best love story ever told on this show. It's lazy writing and it's really irritating to try to watch. It's a waste of the best actor of the 3 to prop up that pairing instead of moving him out that storyline if that's what TPTB be want and giving them drama unrelated to him. They were quick to excise Lucas from Sami & have him lurking around town once a week with no real storyline - - but why not make Lucas the interloper instead of EJ and bring on another woman for EJ if he can't reconcile with Nicole. How about trying something NEW for once instead of using EJ to prop up Sami/Rafe? I thought it would have been better to test Madison out on EJ than keep her tied in a spark-free relationship with Brady. It's a mess of an uninteresting triangle that is eating the show because it's unimaginative, repetitive, and insulting because it didn't work before which is why GT & CS were FIRED and it's not working now. It's like watching the definition of insanity unfolding on my screen with this storyline. It's such one-dimensional HACK writing on the parts of Tomlin and Whitesell. Seriously, Ken Corday is a terrible showrunner and is doing a poor job of making this show entertaining. Why in the world would he think 2010 would be told in a manner more accepted in 2012? Check the ratings since the Daysaster to see how that's working out! Also not entertaining is the Creator's Pet eating the show and the consistent character shilling of a handful of characters. If you haven't already guess all the characters I'm referencing, check out the TV Tropes write-ups on those two concepts: tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CreatorsPet?from=Main.TheWesley. It's pretty on point. 2 more days til the next ratings. What's the over/under on number of viewers who've fled the show? Cause I doubt the ratings will be high or higher than last weeks abysmal showing. This show is an unentertaining shit stain that looks to be leaving more rotten streaks in the coming months. Thanks for nothing, Corday, Whitesell & Tomlin.
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Post by Bonobochick on Sept 26, 2012 14:18:35 GMT -5
And now back to discussing spoilers instead of what other other people think...
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Post by Bonobochick on Sept 26, 2012 11:39:26 GMT -5
I like that the original pic is a nice size. Don't like that the quoted versions are huge giant pictures eating the thread.
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Post by Bonobochick on Sept 26, 2012 11:38:11 GMT -5
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Post by Bonobochick on Sept 25, 2012 15:10:04 GMT -5
I'm don't think Nick does but I think Gabi does. She's still not shown any remorse IMO for what she did that indirectly caused the deaths of others. Just some "it's not fair" reactions to Chad trying to excise her from Melanie's life. I mean Gabi had the gall to tell Chad that because he never explicitly told her that he was NOT interested in her, that he actually led her on... nevermind his having a girlfriend that he professed to loving all the time nor that he never made a move on Gabi... and TPTB had the nerve to make Chad think that made he did bear some responsibility. Yuck. That kind of shitastic writing is why this show is being removed from my DVR when I get home. I'll follow in recaps and Wilson on youtube but it can kick rocks otherwise. I'll check out the return of Kristen on the 8th of October but DOOL will be on a serious 1 month probation. I'm tired of Tomlin pissing on my leg and telling me it's rain. I've read nothing happening in the next few weeks that I find interesting or entertaining. I don't like any of the pairings the show is showcasing save Wilson and I don't like pretty much any of the storylines. Even in the past when I've had problems with show, I've never been so disgusted by the way everything is going. ETA: Bo's exit from this show after 20+ years is a damn travesty. I don't dislike Melanie but you mean to tell me she can be on almost every day before the actress leaves the show but a long time vet of a popular character gets crap on his way out? Yea, that's some FOUL bullshit. Can't wait to see the next couple of weeks of ratings for this show.
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Post by Bonobochick on Sept 25, 2012 13:04:56 GMT -5
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Post by Bonobochick on Sept 25, 2012 12:13:27 GMT -5
Nicole losing her baby only increases the odds that Gabi is pregnant (with Will's baby) and carries it to term. Whether she raises the baby, gives it up for adoption or has it kidnapped (by Nicole?), it is anybody's guess right now. I've long thought that Gabi would end up pregnant and that Sami & Rafe will end up with the baby as "their" child to bond them since I don't think TPTB want to make Sami pregnant yet again. Tomlin & Whitesell are just that obvious to me. And they deserve any further ratings freefall that happens to this show. Also, Ken Corday is fucking moron. Meanwhile, watch more people tune out of Days and turn on GH.
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Post by Bonobochick on Sept 25, 2012 11:08:13 GMT -5
That one specific spoiler which is now a lightning rod of criticism is worse than that Will and Gabi sex spoiler from several weeks ago. I cannot believe someone from Sony or NBC didn't step in and veto that one. It's one thing to play perpetual romance games with the characters, it is another thing entirely to destroy a character's life so cruelly in the worst way possible. It's sadistic and shameful. I don't follow the whole soap, but from time to time I read the spoilers and screen-caps for the rest of the story-lines . The spoilers for the first week of October say that Nicole will find out her baby is dead. I found this one particularly shocking and sad . That's the one you're referring to? Yep. It's the biggest bomb in there setting off people though there are a few others that are more fanbase related that are bothering folks. None of it reads well to me. Not a single bit. I don't like any of the couples they're focusing on except for Sonny/Will. I suspect another fleeing of viewers from the show. This is not good nor entertaining drama, IMO. I'm not a Nicole fan but that was just awful to read, especially as the audience saw her go through this a few years ago that led to the whole Sydney kidnapping by Nicole and started off the war of EJ vs Sami/Rafe with the Grace reveal. Gary Tomlin or Chris Whitesell or whomever thought this was a good storyline direction needs to be kicked in the crotch then fired AGAIN. I don't see a lot of fans taking this well at all because it is cruel and it's not entertaining to see Nicole go through this. AGAIN. Plus it pisses all over the storyline she's been driving for the last 7 months with Super!Rafe and Doctor Tan and makes that uninteresting drivel story even more of a waste of time.
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Post by Bonobochick on Sept 25, 2012 9:58:22 GMT -5
OMG, there's is so much wrong in the latest SOF spoilers for wk of 10/1. Christ on a cracker... BAD BAD BAD.
Yea, this show is going on an indeterminate hiatus from my DVR.
Oh, it's going to piss a lot of folks off. I'm off to see the Twitter explosion.
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Post by Bonobochick on Sept 25, 2012 9:48:12 GMT -5
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Post by Bonobochick on Sept 24, 2012 13:04:11 GMT -5
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Post by Bonobochick on Sept 23, 2012 12:36:32 GMT -5
DISCUSS SPOILERS HERE ONLY.
EVERYTHING ELSE NEEDS TO GO INTO OTHER THREADS.
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Post by Bonobochick on Sept 21, 2012 18:10:37 GMT -5
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Post by Bonobochick on Sept 21, 2012 16:25:25 GMT -5
The latest DC Confidential Podcast with Larry Flick had some great commentary on the show as a whole and the Will/Sonny storyline. The youtube isn't up yet but the iTunes is available for download. itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/daytime-confidential/id206320332Start around 28 minute mark. HQ75, you'd especially appreciate it since they brought up minority gays.
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Post by Bonobochick on Sept 20, 2012 22:15:17 GMT -5
Some folks need to take some deep breaths in here.
I know there's joy about Will & Sonny taking another huge step in their storyline but the over-analyzation of the kiss and over-generalization about how people should feel about it is starting to get weird.
Regarding the storyline and the events in tomorrow's episode: be happy, be bored, be excited, be underwhelmed, be respectful to those you disagree with... but please, don't be creepy.
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Post by Bonobochick on Sept 20, 2012 9:09:19 GMT -5
Let's keep it about the show & characters and if the episode has already aired in the USA, pls move your comments to the general discussion thread.
Also... seriously people, enough with the sex fantasies.
It should be about Will and Sonny & what's actually going on with them on the show, not folks' sexual projections. Thanks
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Post by Bonobochick on Sept 20, 2012 9:04:16 GMT -5
These men need to stop rolling up into Sami's house, getting in her face trying to tell her what to do. EJ seems to be the only one who hasn't acted like a spoiled brat in this situation and he is the one actually dude who has acknowledged to Sami's face that he wants to be with her. Meanwhile Lucas and Rafe just walked around puffed up insulting her at every chance. They need to slow their freaking roll. Particularly Lucas. He needs to be swatted! I'm no Sami defender, but she is a grown-assed woman and in one week she has had her Uncle, Her ex mother in law, Adrienne, Lucas and Rafe up in her face. She needs to start pepper-spraying some mofos! And don't forget Roman a few weeks ago pushing Rafe's perfection all up on her.
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